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nl Morch. ,t ii/I ( (H sense and there are no positions that could be called tricky. The tees are large and Western GA Expanding Its long and this gives the course a tremen- dous flexibility and range that can meet Caddie Program any problem of wind, and drought, and still Western Golf Assn. has issued an invita- make the course a fine test of golf. tion to every club in the country to take The course from the back of the tees can advantage of the WGA program that helps be stretched to a length of 7300 yards, clubs improve its caddie service and which possibly makes this the longest golf awards deserving caddies with a college course in this country. At the same time scholarship. Maynard G. Fessenden, WGA the tees are of such length that from the pres., says: "In '48 we expect to double our front of the tees the course can be short- member club list. Last year clubs in 30 ened to 6300 yards. The tees however will states used our caddie program and re- have two sets of markers, one for regular ported fine results. The more member play which will make the length range clubs in WGA the larger will be the num- from 6300 to 6500 yards, and one for cham- ber of caddies eligible for scholarships." pionship play which will make the length range from 6500 to 6900 yards. Only under To date 82 caddies have been sent to tournament conditions, or unusual weather college. Twenty are now in school at conditions, would the course be stretched Northwestern University, Loyola Univer- anywhere near its full length. sity, American Academy of Art, Michigan State College, University of Michigan. Nine holes of the course are now in play. These nine holes are really comprised of The 1948 supplement to WGA's Caddie part of each of the planned final nine hole Committee Manual has been issued to all routings. The best score to date, playing member clubs. The new supplement in- the nine hole routing twice, is 71, and cludes up-to-the-minute material on cad- appropriately, this score was made by Bob die matters. Subjects dealt with include: Jones. recruiting and training caddies; rates of Peachtree GC has 150 members. Bob pay for caddie-masters and caddies; new Jones is president of the club. sections on the club manager and his job The nine hole course that has been put in the caddie program; the effect of the into play is getting the acid test, namely, new USGA ruling which permits employ- the judgment of the players. The con- ment of caddies, assistant caddie-masters sensus of opinion seems to be that when and caddie-masters up to age 21 without the course is finally completed it will come making the person a professional. up to expectations. The supplement also includes recommen- dations to golf associations on what they can do to improve caddie service. Wiscon- GOODALL ROUND·ROBIN TOURNAMENT sin State GA, the first to affiliate with The 7th Goodall Round-Robin Invitation WGA, is conducting a campaign in Wis- Tournament will be played at the Wykagyl consin to make all clubs members of WGA Country Club, New Rochelle, New York, and to send Wisconsin caddies to school in May 6-9, (Thursday through Sunday). Wisconsin on scholarship funds raised Elmer Ward, Sponsor, announced the re- within the state. Winners of WGA Honor turn of the golf classic to the Metropolitan Caddie Badges, that member clubs award area in which sixteen leading professionals to their best caddies, are eligible for col- will be invited to compete at round-robin lege scholarships. match play. The entire gate receipts will be donated to the New Rochelle Hospital. Club members benefit from the club membership in WGA in other ways. Only of Johannesburg, South Africa, won last year at the Charles River members of member clubs are eligible to CC, Newton Center, Mass., finishing the enter the Western Amateur and Western Open championships. five rounds of competition with a plus of 37. His medal score was 347 strokes, 13 The Western Amateur will be played in under par, a medal average of 69.4. The Wichita, June 29-July 4. The Western proceeds, amounting to approximately Open is to be played at Brookfield CC, $10,000, were donated to the Children's Buffalo, New York, July 29-August 1. Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Profits from these championships are used The unique tournament, a match play to extend the caddie service plan and the event without eliminations, was originated scholarship fund. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938 when defeated Gene Sarazen in a playoff. The Western Junior championship at Harry Cooper, , and Paul Run- Purdue university, June 15-18 is for all yan won the next three tournaments at junior golfers under 20 years of age. Mem- Fresh Meadow, prior to the war; and ber clubs are urged to see that their cad- Hogan repeated at Winged Foot in 1946. dies participate. This championship is the Harold McSpaden will be the tourna- oldest national ranking junior event and ment supervisor. dates back to 1914.

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Restoring Moisture to Localized ry Spots

By O. J. NOER

Localized dry spots are becoming more given a sound reason for their localized common on golf greens. Damage to the distribution over the green. An excessive turf does not occur during spring and fall mat or sole of turf is the cause in some when the weather is cool, but frequently greens. Extreme acidity tends to make the happens in mid-summer when the weather soil more compact, lessens its ability to is hot. hold water, and restricts root development. The grass on these spots wilts during Failure to keep enough moisture in the the day because water is evaporated by the slopes and aprons around the green en- leaves faster than it is absorbed by the courages the development of dry spots roots. Wilting is less severe and temporary along the edge of the putting area. Pockets in spring and fall when weather is moder- of sand or layers of it near the surface ate. Some wilt may occur during mid-day cause trouble unless the areas or greens but grass recovers toward evening when it are watched and watered whenever grass becomes cooler. Revival is helped by heavy starts to wilt. Roots from nearby trees are dews. On hot days wilting is so severe and frequent offenders. They rob the soil and permanent that the grass may die. Death sub-soil of moisture. Then surfaces become occurs within several hours after wilting hard and refuse to hold a pitched ball be- starts unless water is applied promptly. cause the soil underneath is dry and hard. Only a small quantity of water is needed Such greens refuse to accept water from to check wilting and will usually carry the rains or sprinklers. grass through the balance of the day. Soil particles have a waxy coating. They After grass dies from permanent wilting resist wetting when dry. The soil in a hard the leaf blades wither, turn brown and be- dry green or in localized dry spots does not come so shriveled that the soil surface is absorb rain or water applied to the surface. exposed. Then algae may appear as a The water does not penetrate beyond % to green or greenish black skin-like covering. 1 inch no matter how long the same spot is It seals the soil and prevents recovery of watered. Even the correct amount of the grass. water becomes too much because it stays Shallow-rooted grass wilts more quickly on the surface instead of being absorbed to and more severely than one with deep roots a depth of to 10 inches or more, and the because the surface soil dries rapidly. green or spot becomes too wet because it Greens with shallow-rooted grass cannot was too dry. Algae and scald make their go over a mid-summer week-end without appearance due to the water-logged condi- water. In fact, the grass can't survive a tion at the surface. There is only one way single hot day without receiving supple- to keep the grass alive until normal soil mentary water one or more times. Light moisture is restored and to avoid algae. sprinkling by hand, several times daily, Frequent light sprinkling by hand is the seven days a week may be necessary to secret. It is the only way to keep the sur- prevent loss of grass. face moist and not wet. Wilting grass can be spotted by the color Once soil moisture is restored to a depth and behavior of the grass. It is darker in of 5 to inches or more greens will again color with a bluish cast and a metallic lus- absorb water in a normal manner. Several ter. Footprints show plainly for a long methods have been employed to introduce time because wilted leaves are limp, and water and moisten soil below the surface. do not have the turgidity of normal ones Deep forking followed by several drench- which enables them to resume an erect pos- ings with water is a common one. Water ture. The soil underneath the wilting grass collects in the fork holes and gradually is sure to be dry when the surface feels s eps into the soil until the entire mass hard underfoot. becomes moist. A tree subirrigator is used Noone thing is r sponsible for the de- also. It consists of a long pointed tube with velopment of dry spots and nobody has three small holes at the bottom. A valve

I. Feser shows homemade gadget to wet localized dry spots. Flow of water regulated with valve on handle. 2. Water flows down the pipe handle into hopper and out through holes in bot- tom. Water is rolled into soil by back and forth movement of the machine. 3. Machine tipped back to show water flowing from holes. 4. End view shows rollers and holes in bottom of hopper. ill arch, 194 65 OLYMPIA FIELDS

John Darrah, superintendent of the Olympia Fields Country Club, Olym- pia Fields, Illinois, says: e e "Tersan' helps us keep a smooth, true putting surface on all our greens. It is a powerful ally in the battle to con- trol fungous diseases, especially dur- ing hot, humid weather. And fungus control with "Tersan' is safe because there is no danger of building up residue enough to cause toxicity."

BILLIARD-TABLE SMOOTHNESS is assured at all times on this 18th green-and all others at Olympia Fields-by regular applications of "Tersan." Mr. Darrah finds "Tersan" highly effective for pre- venting dollar spot, brown patch and other fungous diseases .•• without any danger of burning the greens. 66 Gol/dom protects its greens with *

IIA LITTLE GOES A LONG WAYII-says Wilbur Ellis of the Olympia Fields staff, who is shown here mixing "Tersan" into a spray solution. "Tersan" mixes readily with water-and it's safe and easy to handle so that even inexperienced help can use it. It will not shock, yellow, or retard grass growth, even in hot weather.

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BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER L I V IN G ••• THROUGH CHEMISTRY ~ Listen to Du Pont "Cavalcade of America" Every Monday Night-NBC Network ~[Ii. U.S. PAT.on .1/arch, f{)4S 6i to control the flow of water and a hose Peoria Stages "Best Little coupling are attached to the other end. The valve is cracked so water drips out of the Tournament in the Midwest" holes in the point. Then the tube can be The 1948 Peoria (Ill.) Open will be an- inserted to a depth of 2 to 3 feet or more. other $5,000 two-day event tentatively A little water is allowed to flow through scheduled for June 26-27 over the Newman the holes until the soil in the surrounding CC course. Sponsors indicate they may fol- area becomes moist. Then the irrigator is low in the footsteps of other cities who moved to another spot. It is important to have staged tournaments of this caliber open the valve slowly, and part way only, year after year and enter the "big circuit" otherwise the force of the water may wash- by putting up $10,000in prize money. How- out soil and turf in an irregular area ever, the rapid rise in popularity and ac- around the tube. ceptance by participants in the four years Feser Devises Novel Method the Peoria Open has been held in growing Leo Feser devised a novel method for from a $400 event to the present 5,000 eliminating dry spots which he claims is affair prompts the Board of Governors to easier, quicker, and more effective. Neces- take stock of this rapid growth and adopt sity was the mother of invention. A daily a long range policy of applying time, fee course located on his home property money and energy toward continually im- is operated by a son and daughter to earn proving an established tourney and thus part of their college education. When local- avoid the danger of failure in expanding too rapidly. ized dry spots developed last summer fork- ing of the greens was out of the question Much credit for the successful staging for the two of them. The task of routine of the Peoria event goes to genial Fred maintenance kept them more than busy. Sprenger, Newman professional who is Leo recalled a unique method that was affectionately referred to as "the daddy of tried successfully on some dry greens in the Peoria Open" by the civic and sports Superior, Wis. They were flooded with minded men and women who have aided water and it was promptly rolled into the and abetted in the sponsorship of the green with a light-weight roller. He built tourney. the contraption illustrated in the accom- Abe Espinosa became the first champion. panying pictures. Mrs. Feser's clothes In 1945 Peorians offered $2500 prize money wringer supplied the two rubber rollers for the 54 hole medal play and saw De- and the handle was made from %, inch pipe troit's own Ed Furgol cop top honors. The with a hose coupling at the top end. Water third year the popular Peoria Open rose to from the outlet along side the green flows $3000.00 in War Bond prizes and found its through the hose into the hopper and out course record shattered by Australian born through small holes along the bottom edge. big "Jim" Ferrier. Ferrier shot 3 sub par The water is rolled into the greens as the rounds of 69-68-65 for 202 total. The fourth machine moves back and forth over the dry annual tourney held last year experienced spot. Feser claims one man can cover all the greatest field of all time bolstered by the greens in a day or less without hurry- the defending champion copping the Na- ing. Other green keepers may find the tional PGA crown prior to his defense at Feser roller-sprinkler the solution of a Newman July 12-13. As the entry deadline perplexing problem. closed, such names as E. J. "Dutch" Har- rison, Dick Metz, , Tommy Wright, Leonard Dodson, , Minnesota PGA Clinic at and "Skip" Alexander graced the pairing roster. U. of Minn., April 5-6 Fred Haas, Jr., New Orleans, grabbed Minnesota PGA golf business clinic held the early lead with a course record round annually in cooperation with the physical of 64, one stroke better than Ferrier's bril- education and athletic department of the liant 65 the year before. However, with University of Minnesota will be held at Haas almost certain of victory, Carolinian the university, Minneapolis, April 5 and 6. Skip Alexander scored the most exciting The Minnesota PGA program is rated by and par shattering finish any Peorian has those Who've seen the national and sec- ever seen. When the smoke cleared Alex- tional pro business clinics as the most prac- ander had posted rounds of 67-67-65 .... tical of the lot. Close association between 17 under par for a 199 total against Haas' the Minnesota pros and the state univeraity even 200. P.E. and athletic department and other The results of the 1947 Peoria Open has members of the faculty results in a pro- only fostered higher contributions by gram well balanced in business methods, Peorians at large who gratefully accept the instruction techniques, candid and expert acknowledgement of their invitations to appraisals of present methods and research professional and amateur golfers through- into possibilities of pro business develop- out the country for bringing to this mid- ment. Sessions are well attended and are western city of some 120,000 p ople "the invariably valuable. best little tournament in th midwest."

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